Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross
Olive Panda Studio · 2023 · Card Battler, Pixel Graphics, Multiple Endings, RPG, Strategy RPG
PC
Mostly Positive75% · 590
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About Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross
✦ AI summary
Build your deck and recruit over 30 unique companions with their own stories and exclusive skills to lead the Polish-Lithuanian Alliance against the Teutonic Knights in this story-driven deckbuilding RPG adapted from a Nobel Prize-winning novel. Master strategic card combinations and dynamic teammate interactions across a 7-chapter medieval adventure featuring 200+ side quests where your choices shape the outcome of historic battles.
Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross is a unique, story-driven deckbuilding RPG game.
The story is adapted from the Nobel Prize-winning work “Krzyżacy - The Knights of the Cross” by Henryk Sienkiewicz, and tell the life and death struggles between the Polish-Lithuanian people and the aggressive Teutonic Knights in the 15th century.
Play as a knight, embark on the medieval adventure, search for companions, collect diverse cards, and help Polish-Lithuanian Alliance defeat the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of Grunwald.
Meet over 30 unique teammates! Pirate captain from the sea, alchemist seeking the philosopher's stone, or noble lady aspiring to be a knight...
- More than 30 teammates have their own storylines. By completing the storylines, you can learn about their personalities and pasts, and get their exclusive cards or relics.
- Some teammates can only be recruited conditionally. Leveling up, unlocking achievements, or completing specific tasks.
- Every teammate has beautiful pixel-art portraits and 2D live animations.
- Teammates can release their exclusive skills with stunning special effects, and they are triggered by the way you play cards. Strategize your cards and teammates to maximize your battle capacity!
- Choose the right cards, teammates, and relics to create your unique combat styles. Teammates will respond to your card actions.
- Teammates will respond to the player's card actions and record the skill points used when playing cards, determining their own actions during the match.
- Bosses also have special mechanisms. They increase the cost of specific cards or remove debuffs. Developing a strategy to beat them!
- A medieval historic scroll with 7 chapters and over 200 side requests and events.
- Different choices lead to different storylines. Can you save the kind lord's daughter Danusia?
- Traditional festivals and medieval folk lifestyles are included in the random plots of the game. Get rewards and learn about the life pictures of medieval people.
DLC & expansions
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Bought it for a laugh. It had some fun ideas in the battling system, and it was admittedly fun seeing this novel adapted in this way. But with general lack of polish, and gamebreaking bugs, it was definitely a rollercoaster of first being impressed and then quickly let down. Take the review with a grain of salt, as I haven't been keeping up with any updates made since the game first released.6 found this helpful
I don't want to be mean or hurt the devs I'll leave a thumbs up for effort with the art. Every aspect other than the art is lacking and the game is buggy, gave it a honest try and there just isn't any real strategy I'm just cycling cards.1 found this helpful
Mixed.
I quite enjoy the game. The combat mechanic is good, the training feature allow us to grind for exp and farm for gold, the story is quite entertaining. However still there are so many aspects have rooms for improvements: 1. The level cap is too low 2. the story is too short 3. not all words are translated 4. still some bugs Nevertheless, I enjoy the game. I hope they make more characters with extended level cap as well
big time gooning
Krzyżacy – The Knights of the Cross, developed by Olive Panda Studio and published alongside Neverland Entertainment, stands out as a rare example of a modern game adapting a major piece of national literature rather than merely borrowing its setting or aesthetics. Drawing inspiration from Henryk Sienkiewicz’s celebrated historical novel, the game reimagines a pivotal era of Polish and Teutonic tension with a contemporary storytelling voice, lively character interactions, and a visual presentation that bridges centuries of cultural distance. Instead of treating its source material as a museum piece, the game gives it renewed personality—heroes, nobles, soldiers, and commoners speak with emotional clarity and recognizable motivations, humanizing the historical stakes. Even players unfamiliar with the original novel or Central European history will find the world approachable, since the writing prioritizes clarity, humor, and character charm over rigid academic tone. The result is an experience that feels educational without ever losing narrative momentum or accessibility. The gameplay framework blends turn-based strategy, deckbuilding, and RPG progression into a cohesive system tha…
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